Julie DesChamps

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Greenwich’s Voluntary Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Gets Under Way

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The Town of Greenwich, in partnership with Waste Free Greenwich, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board (GRAB) and Greenwich Green & Clean, announces the launch of the municipal food scrap recycling pilot on Monday, June 15, 2020. The drop-off food scrap recycling pilot is voluntary and free to all Greenwich residents with a permit to Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility. Residents will collect food scraps at home in accordance withguidelines and bring them to the designated drop-off location next to the trash building at Holly Hill. The food scrap kits include a small bin you can keep in your kitchen, and a larger bin you can keep in your garage. You can purchase compostable bags to line the bin with. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Around Town, food scrap recycling, food scraps, GRAB, Green & Clean, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, Holly Hill, Julie DesChamps

DesChamps: ‘Pay As You Throw’ at Holly Hill Will Bring A Sustainable Future

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“Over 40% of recoverable materials in residential trash are compostable organics, and this figure skyrockets to 68% for restaurants and 51% for grocery stores. …The majority of food waste from Greenwich businesses ends up on the tipping floor at a cost to taxpayers.” – Julie DesChamps, Founder, Waste Free Greenwich Continue Reading →

Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Conservation Commission, DPW, GRAB, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, Holly Hill, Julie DesChamps, Pay as You Throw

Food Scrap Recycling Enthusiasts Tout Benefits to Greenwich’s Budget, Environment, Social Justice

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Soon residents will be able to purchase kits to use to set aside food waste inside a compostable bag with food scraps, as well as coffee grinds, egg shells, bones, meat, oyster shells, and even napkins. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Around Town, Government, Volunteering, Aleks Moch, Ali Ghiorse, Betsy Champy, Dept of Public Works, food scrap recycling

GHS BEAK: Styrofoam Free School Lunches Are Better for the Environment

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“These trays also lead to enormous amounts of waste because they are not considered recyclable in Greenwich. Over 480,000 trays will be added to the waste stream each year – without these trays, there will be a 75% reduction of cafeteria waste.” – Emma Burstiner, GHS Beak Editor-in-Chief Continue Reading →

Filed under: Schools, Emma Burstiner, GHS Beak, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, Julie DesChamps, PTAC Green Schools Committee, styrofoam

BET Public Hearing Yields Opinions on Cardinal Field, NW Fire Station, TAG, Foam Trays

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A public hearing at town hall drew those in support of a northwest fire station as well as skeptics. There was testimony about removing Styrofoam trays from Greenwich Schools cafeterias, and of making all the district’s facilities ADA Compliant. Several people lamented the state of Cardinal Field. The GAF said they’d raise 20% of the cost of phase 1, with a focus on new bleachers and temporary bathrooms to replace the port-o-potties. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, Schools, Debra Hess, Fire Dept Chief Peter Siecienski, Jill Obrlander, Julie DesChamps, Leslie Moriarty, Louisa Stone